homonym

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Different Meanings
Nym Sound Spelling Category
homonym same same
heteronym different same (cat)
homograph not specified same
homophone same different (cat)

[edit] Noun

Singular
homonym

Plural
homonyms

homonym (plural homonyms)

  1. (semantics) (strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning.
  2. (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning, technically called a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling).
  3. (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

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  • Homonyms are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples:
    • die and dye (homophones but not homographs)
    • the fish fluke and fluke, part of the tail of a whale (both homophones and homographs and therefore, in every sense, homonyms)
    • the metal lead and the verb lead (homographs but not homophones)

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[edit] Noun

homonym c.

Inflection for homonym Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative homonym homonymen homonymer homonymerna
Genitive homonyms homonymens homonymers homonymernas
  1. homonym
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